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    Rory Stewart: Failure, and the Villains of the Western Campaign in Afghanistan

    Rory Stewart: Failure, and the Villains of the Western Campaign in Afghanistan

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    Rory Stewart: Failure, and the Villains of the Western Campaign in Afghanistan

    FromWestern Way of War

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    37 minutes
    Released:
    Aug 19, 2021
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Politician, scholar, diplomat and sometime soldier Rory Stewart joins Peter Roberts for a post-mortem of the West's failed campaign in Afghanistan. Rory laments the approach of Western leaders (political and military) in perpetuating untruths about the art of the possible, as well as the US-led withdrawal under the Biden administration. An extremely sobering analysis.
    Released:
    Aug 19, 2021
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Titles in the series (78)

    A collection of discussions with those in the Profession of Arms that tries to understand the issues around how to fight, and succeed, against adversaries in the 2020s. We pose the questions as whether a single Western Way of Warfare (how Western militaries fight) has been successful, whether it remains fit for task today, and how it might need to adapt in the future? It is complemented by the ‘Adversarial Studies’ project that looks at how adversaries fight.